The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-03-26

forth her residence. As girl she gave
rich promise of intellectual usefulness,
and cherished bright ambitions for her
self; but it was not the thing in those
days to crafty girl ambitions or push
their education much beyond the rudi-
ments. AS a wife and mother her ambi-
tioDs were centered in her home and fami-
ly. Thereafter self was forgotten. "Re-
move far from me vanity and lies; give
me neither poverty nor riches; feed me
with food convenient for me-" became the
measure of her personal anxiety, If she
ever gave the subject thought at all.
Her life was lived for others. Nine chill
dren were born to her, of whom seven
survive to mourn her loss. Two daugh-
ters, her eldest and second born preceded
her "over the river" 1t was che who
nursed them in their last illness. Other
watchers failed and slept at their post.
She never weakened nor wavered. Ten
DERBY, as in the days when they were
children, sleeping side by side, she was
last lowering over their pillows "to sur
vey her infant treasures ere she left them
for the dawn" she watched with them,
through the hours of patient suffering,
and closed their eyelids in their last
sleep, when "they had another morn than
ours" Nor were these devoted ministra-
tons limited to her own family; according
as her time and strength permitted she
was always ready to visit the afflicted;
and in sickness her touch how tender;
her words of cheer how reviving!
In every work calculated to benefit
mankind, she took deep interest. In old
slavery days, her Pennsylvania home was
station on the underground railroad"
and the runaway slave always found
friends and food and shelter there. In
| the temperance cause she was devoted
and jealous, all her life long foe to the
use OF liquor and tobacco. Years before
the order of the White Gross was organ
lied or suggested, she was emphatic in
her advocacy Of social purity and single
standard of morality for man and woman.
She believed in woman's capacity for
usefulness in this world, and was friend
to every movement intended to promote
her education, to open new avenues of
| labor to her, and to amend the laws re-
lating to her personal rights and prop
erty.
Her nature was strongly religious. Ed
ucated in the society Of Friends or Qua
kers, she imbibed all the quiet faith and
zeal for good works peculiar to that I'M
demonstrative sect; but early in her life,
and before she came to hear the doctrine
distinctively preached, she reached in her
own mind the comforting conclusion that
God is too wise to err, too good to be
unkind," and that in his good time and
way all souls will finally be reconciled to
him. Nothing else would have satisfied
her. "God is love- "His mercy erdur-
eth forever"-she would say. "He called
us into being for our good; he will make
all holy and happy in eternity" Yet this
was never dogma, or test Of fellowship
with her; rather a precious faith and
hope. She did not like dogmatic preach
ing; she preferred gospel sermons = SIM
pie, plain, earnest, such as Christ himself
preached. She grieved at any signs of skep-
ticism or lack of loyalty to Christ. She
was believer in his divinity, and had
little patience with the sermon that repu-
dated his authority or the prayer that
Ignored his Messiahship. To son who
entered the Universalist ministry, she
often quoted the words: "Preach Christ
and him crucifed." She was broad and
charitable in spirit, and glad to recognize
good in all the churches. These lines
from Pope were favorite quotation:
"For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight:
He can't be wrong whose life is in the right"
She had a Bible in large print, which
her children had given her, and was
frequent reader of its pages, but she pre-
ferred the New Testament to the Old-the
dspensation of love to that of law. Whit
tier was her favorite poet his tender in
depreciation Of Gods messages and prom
ises according best with her sentiments
and sympa MES. "The Eternal Good
ness," "Snow Bound" and others of his
poems were read and re-read, until parts
could be repeated from memory. Her
faith in Gods overruling providence was
always clear and strong. No matter how
dark the day, how gloomy the cloud, she
always had a sunny smile of hope and
trust. She said: sit will be all right:
God knows what is best; we can trust
him." The loss of her mother, of
brother beloved, of her father, and of her
two daughters, were deep Affections, but
her sublime faith sustained her through
them all. There we're tears in her eyes,
but the sunshine of faith painted rain
bows on the mist. "In my Fathers house
are many mansions, it it were not SO 1
would have told you; 1 go to prepare
place for you"
Her life was utterly unselfish. She
never thought, How easy can make life
for myself? but, How pleasant can l
make life for others? This became hab-
it OF thought and of conduct with her, SO
when she ought to have asked others to
share burdens with her she did not; and
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